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This team has about 20 RDs and no RWs or LDs.. so I went positional and it paid off.. (at least for now.)thunderbug wrote:As far as drafting goes. I almost always draft BPA, for the simple reason that I don't intend to rush players into the NHL, unless they can handle it. Second season draft is always atrocious, and I'll be lucky if I get any nhlers out of it. First season was ok, I might end up with a couple kids.
You might want to sort that Johnson/Umberger thing out B72: I'm thinking THUNDERDOME!!!!! "Two men enter- One man leaves"bruins72 wrote:I usually go BPA too but like you said, the over-abundance of RD is crazy. I've looked at a few of these guys to see which handed shot they are and for the most part I've been able to balance them out that way. Right now the only RD I have with a left-handed shot is John Moore. He's on the LD in PP situations though.
I might be forced into trading a player that I don't want to lose next season.Checking my players out. Several had the "Wanted" flag but Jack Johnson had the "Unhappy" flag. So I looked at his info and there is a line saying that Jack Johnson hopes Umberger learns from his mistakes. I didn't have any issues with Umberger. He didn't miss a practice, get suspended, or doing anything of note. He's played great hockey and nothing more. Johnson's info also lists Umberger as disliked staff now. What the Dickens? Umberger's info doesn't have any mention of Johnson. I guess the "dislike" isn't mutual. I'll have to keep an eye on this situation and see how it plays out.
My defense is really looking good now. Adding Colin White was a big step towards improvement. I've also gotten decent performance out of Goloubef. Methot has been a monster defensively. I've really got no weak links there. I really hope I'm not forced into trading Jack Johnson (or Umberger alternatively). I think Center is where my focus will be for a trade next season. Even though Brassard has an Average Rating of 8.02, I just don't like him as my 2nd line center. I think he might be holding back Zajac and Huselius. Then again, I might want to look at LW because Huselius is 34 years old. He's going to be slowing down. I might need to get younger there.
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I agree. There really are a lot of different ways to go with this team. I also like that even though we've used them in a challenge before, this team is quite different than the one we used before.Círyatan wrote:I've done a lot of messing around myself both Season 1 & 2. That's what I find exciting about this Challenge: no obvious choices and a multitude of combinations possible to try with this team.
So Umberger was at it again for me. This time I saw the news item where he said he'd like to play for another team (the Ducks). What a tool! So now he's disliked by Brassard and Bass in addition to Johnson. I really hope he doesn't bring down my team. It's a shame. I like the way he's played for me but it looks like I'll be trading him in the off-season.Círyatan wrote:Letestu in my game is obviously a product of Rick's prolificness and Umberger throwing his big body around. So far Letestu has earned a new contract, but with Johansen progressing I'll have to think of something new for Season 3.
I'm in season 2 and out of those guys, Calvert is the only one on my NHL roster. He's playing LW on the top line with Johansen and Nash. He's been dropped to the 2nd and 3rd lines for small stretches when I've needed to mix things up. He's got 43 points in 55 games with a 7.27 average rating so far. I may have brought him up too early but I thought he brought balance to my lines. I think he'll be alright.Círyatan wrote:How are the Atkinsons, Calverts, and Kubalíks progressing in your games, guys? Calvert and Kubalík got runs with the top club in my second season, and they did alright, but I think their development has stalled a bit. Atkinson I find difficult to trust, mainly due to his size. I hope I get at least one legitimate second-liner out of them.
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He won 6 out of 9 fights. Not too shabby! He had less ice time and less points this season because he spent the entire season on the third line but he had a better average rating for the season. He played a very important defensive role with almost twice as many hits as the first season and almost 3 times as many shots blocked. I was very pleased with him in this role.outdooral wrote:Well done with year 2 Bruins. How did Bass make out with his fighting ?
You should really consider switching Johansen and Brassard. Johansen is sooooo much better and definitely ready for 1st line duty.outdooral wrote: Right now my lines are
Huselius-Brassard-Nash
Umberger-Johansen-Mayorov
That's one of those cases of random potential really varying between different people's games. In my game Olsen was not very good. He wasn't drafted until Chicago took him in the 5th round. He's got low acceleration and agility (9 and 8) but the rest of his physical attributes are good. He's got nice aggression and bravery. For technical attributes he's 12's in hitting, getting open, and slapshot. All of the rest of his technical attributes are orange or red. My scouts say he's a power forward with 3rd line potential and say he's like Ryan Stoa.Ippo wrote: Rd1 11th: Ryan Olsen C (CAN) - Skilled forward, 1st line potential. Like Ryan Getzlaf.
I had a hard time choosing between Olsen and two defenders. In the end I decided to go with BPA and so I picked this guy. He's already better than Boone Jenner.
So it seems. Olsen has only two orange attributes and the rest are yellow, except acceleration and speed which are green. He was the best player in training camp, which finished just a while ago.bruins72 wrote:That's one of those cases of random potential really varying between different people's games. In my game Olsen was not very good. He wasn't drafted until Chicago took him in the 5th round. He's got low acceleration and agility (9 and 8) but the rest of his physical attributes are good. He's got nice aggression and bravery. For technical attributes he's 12's in hitting, getting open, and slapshot. All of the rest of his technical attributes are orange or red. My scouts say he's a power forward with 3rd line potential and say he's like Ryan Stoa.
You mention Boone Jenner and he's another guy that we must have had different random potentials on. In my game Jenner has 3 orange attributes (flair, passing, and pokecheck) and no red one. Everything else is yellow, except he's got 2 in green (17's in influence and teamwork). My scouts say he's a skilled forward with 1st line potential and compare him to Olli Jokinen or Artem Anisimov (depending on the scout).
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